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They Shoot Children Don't They

from TRICKLE​-​DOWN by Dave Thorpe and The Slam

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Originally an anti-apartheid song, inspired by a Channel 4 news interview with President P W Botha, this song was shelved for many years. Then in recent times, hearing various other world leaders justifying the unjustifiable, it kind of wrote itself.

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They Shoot Children Don't They

Another day, another $37 million for the firearms trade
Another family grieving, again the President is dismayed
For he says guns keep us safe, like his sponsors in the NRA
But not in the hands of a fearful racist watchman, here in the home of the brave

Because they shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they

Dr Assad took a job that says you do no harm
But that ain't quite how things panned out down on Bashar's farm
But to hear him talk about the "terrorists" in a manor so calm
You could almost forget the civilians in the way of his arms

But they shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they

Ben Netanyahu said "they put those kids in the way of our guns,
What kind of people would do such a thing to their own daughters and sons?
We just want peace, and this is what we're up against, go figure"
But you know what Bibi, someone still has to pull the trigger

And they shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they

TRUMPET SOLO

They shoot children don't they
I said they shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they

Be it Cleveland, Homz, Gaza, Soweto or Belfast
If there is just one thing that we can learn from our not distant past
If you deny justice and seek to keep the peace with weapons that kill
It don't take long before the blood of the innocent starts to spill

They shoot children don't they
I said they shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they
They shoot children don't they (they shoot children don't they)
They shoot children don't they (they shoot children don't they)
They shoot children don't they (they shoot children don't they
I said they shoot children don't they

credits

from TRICKLE​-​DOWN, released October 27, 2020
Dave Thorpe - Guitar and vocals
Ben Fox - Trumpet
Grace Cookey Gam - Vocals
Olivia Mace - Vocals
Tania Rodrigues - Vocals

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Dave Thorpe and The Slam London, UK

Dave Thorpe is an East London based singer-songwriter.
The Slam are some South London friends he enlisted to make his songs sound better, namely
Ben Fox
-trumpet/vocals
Clare Perkins
Grace Cookey Gam
Olivia Mace
Tania Rodrigues
Tim Block
-vocals
& featuring Jeff Harding as Pilgrim.
All songs recorded at RMS studios by Andy Le Vien.
Spoken words recorded Studio 301
Mixed & mastered by Ross Burman. ... more

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